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Military Of The Nguyễn Dynasty
The Military of the Nguyễn dynasty (; chữ Hán: 軍次) were the main military forces of the Nguyễn dynasty from 1802 to August 1945 when it was dismantled by the August Revolution. The Nguyễn military force was initially formed by Nguyễn Hoàng as a division of the military of the Revival Lê dynasty, military of the Revival Lê dynasty in 1558 starting out with 3000 soldiers. During this period it was the military forces of the domain of the Nguyễn lords and commonly fought the Trịnh lords who controlled northern Vietnam. During the Tây Sơn Rebellion it was expelled out most of the county by the Tây Sơn dynasty. After the exiled Nguyễn Phúc Ánh returned and defeated the Tây Sơn rebels he crowned himself as the Gia Long Emperor and the Nguyễn military became the national military of Vietnam. During the French domination period it became two of the five indigenous guards of French Indochina and was turned into a collection police and ceremonial forces. ...
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Military Of The Nguyễn Lords
A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily Weapon, armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. Militaries are typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with their members identifiable by a distinct military uniform. They may consist of one or more military branches such as an army, navy, air force, space force, marines, or coast guard. The main task of a military is usually defined as defence of their state and its interests against external armed threats. In broad usage, the terms "armed forces" and "military" are often synonymous, although in technical usage a distinction is sometimes made in which a country's armed forces may include other paramilitary forces such as armed police. Beyond warfare, the military may be employed in additional sanctioned and non-sanctioned functions within the state, including internal security threats, crowd control, promotion of political agendas, emergency services and reconstructi ...
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List Of Monarchs Of Vietnam
This article lists the monarchs of Vietnam. Under the emperor at home, king abroad system used by later dynasties, Vietnamese monarchs would use the title of ''emperor'' (皇帝, Hoàng đế; or other equivalents) domestically, and the more common term ''sovereign'' (𤤰, Vua), ''king'' (王, Vương), or ''his/her (Imperial) Majesty'' (陛下, Bệ hạ) elsewhere. Overview Some Vietnamese monarchs declared themselves kings (''vương'') or emperors (''hoàng đế''). Imperial titles were used for both domestic and foreign affairs, except for diplomatic missions to China where Vietnamese monarchs were regarded as kingship or prince. Many of the Later Lê monarchs were figurehead rulers, with the real powers resting on feudal lords and princes who were technically their servants. Most Vietnamese monarchs are known through their posthumous names or temple names, while the Nguyễn dynasty, the last reigning house is known through their era names. Titles Vietnamese titles Vie ...
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Đăng đàn Cung
Đăng đàn cung (chữ Hán: 登壇宮 lit. ''on the ascent to the esplanade'') was the royal anthem of the Nguyễn dynasty, Vietnam. History Following his ascension to the throne as emperor, Gia Long ordered composition an anthem thus "Đăng đàn cung" came into being. From the time of Gia Long, this piece was played when the emperors journeyed from the Citadel of Huế to Esplanade of Sacrifice to the Heaven and Earth. It was used in villages and courts to invoke divinities and honour monarchs. Under the reign of Bảo Đại, lyrics were added, composed by the musician Nguyễn Phúc Ưng Thiều (chữ Hán: 阮福膺昭). In the 1945 with the creation of the short-life Empire of Vietnam, prime minister Trần Trọng Kim selected "Đăng đàn cung" as Vietnam's national anthem. However, the Empire was Abdication of Edward VIII, dissolved soon after. Nowadays, this piece of music is still played in Vietnam. It is used frequently in the tourist industry as a sampler of ...
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Trương Minh Giảng
Trương Minh Giảng ( vi-hantu, 張明講, 1792 – 1841) was a general and official of Vietnam during the Nguyễn dynasty. Early life Trương-Minh Giảng was born in Gia Định (modern Ho Chi Minh City). He came from an important aristocratic family of southern Vietnam, the Trương-Minh family from which also comes the scholar Trương Minh Ký (1855-1900). His father, Trương-Minh Thành was the minister of ceremony (Lễ bộ Thượng thư) of Emperor Gia Long. Giảng passed the triennial exam with the grade of '' hương cống'' in 1819. He became a military mandarin in the service of Emperor Minh-Mang and was appointed major general. Career A rebellion was launched by Lê Văn Khôi in Gia Định in 1833. This was an important revolt in southern Vietnam, Giảng was sent to put down the rebellion together with Tống Phúc Lương, Nguyễn Xuân, Phan Văn Thúy and Trần Văn Năng. Two Siamese generals, Bodindecha and Phra Klang, led troops to attack ...
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Phan Văn Thúy
Phan Văn Thúy (潘文璻, ? – 1833) was a general and official of the Nguyễn dynasty, Vietnam. Life Anouvong, the king of Vientiane, launched a rebellion against Siam in 1826, but was defeated by Bodindecha. Thúy was sent to support him. Two years later, Anouvong came back to Vientiane and decided to revolt against Siam again. As Rama III raised an army to quell the rebellion, Anouvong asked for the help of the Vietnamese. Minh Mạng, the emperor of Vietnam, accepted the offer and sent troops to Laos. However, it was just a pretext for annexing the region. Phan Văn Thúy, Nguyễn Văn Xuân, Nguyễn Khoa Hào was sent to support him, but marched slowly. After Anouvong's defeat and execution by Siamese, the rest part of Vientiane Kingdom was annexed by Vietnam and renamed to the Vietnamese name: ''Trấn Ninh'' (鎮寧), or "Tranquil Commandery". Thúy was sent to put down Lê Văn Khôi revolt together with Tống Phúc Lương, Nguyễn Xuân, Trương Minh Gi ...
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Nguyễn Tri Phương
Nguyễn Tri Phương ( vi-hantu, 阮知方, 1800 – 1873), born Nguyễn Văn Chương, was a Nguyễn dynasty mandarin and military commander. He commanded armies against the French conquest of Vietnam at the Siege of Tourane, the Siege of Saigon and the Battle of Hanoi (1873). Early years Nguyễn Tri Phương was born in 1800 in Ðường Long village, Chánh Lộc canton, Phong Ðiền district, Thừa Thiên fu, now is Chí Long village, Phong Chương commune, Phong Ðiền district, Thừa Thiên Huế. Born in a peasant family, Nguyễn did not go to school, but with intelligence, high self-study and self-reliance, he made a great career. Starting from an official at the district level, due to his talent, he was promoted to the court, was recruited and in turn held many important positions during the three reigns of Minh Mạng, Thiệu Trị, and Tự Đức. Phương had risen quickly in military ranks after recapturing Hà Tiên and defeating the Siamese ar ...
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Nguyễn Văn Nhơn
Nguyễn Văn Nhơn (阮 文仁, 1753–1822) was a general and official of the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam.Văn Giàu Trà̂n ''300 năm Sài Gòn – Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh'' 1998 p37 "Năm 1802 đến 1805, chúc Lưu trấn Gia Định do võ tướng Nguyễn Văn Nhơn, từ năm 1805 đến 1808 Nguyễn Văn Trương làm Lưu trấn; năm 1802 – 1812 Nguyễn Văn Nhơn lại giữ chúc Tổng trấn Gia Định thành,..." He served as a general of Nguyễn Ánh during the Nguyễn lords' fight against the Tây Sơn rebellion. Nguyễn Ánh prevailed in 1802 and became Emperor Gia Long Gia Long (Chữ Hán, Chữ hán: 嘉隆) ( (''Hanoi, North''), (''Ho Chi Minh City, South''); 8 February 1762 – 3 February 1820), born Nguyễn Phúc Ánh (阮福暎) or Nguyễn Ánh (阮暎), was the founding emperor of the Nguyễn dynas ..., establishing the Nguyễn Dynasty. Nhơn then served as the viceroy of southern Vietnam during Gia Long's reign. References ...
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Nguyễn Văn Tồn
Thống chế Điều bát Nguyễn Văn Tồn ( vi-hantu, 統制調撥 阮文存, 1763–1820) was a general and official of the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam. He was a Khmer Krom. He was either born in Càng Long or in Trà Ôn, Cần Thơ Province (in present-day Vĩnh Long Province). His Khmer name was ''Duồn'' or ''Duông''. At first he was a slave. He followed Nguyễn Ánh to Bangkok in 1784, in there he was promoted to ''cai đội'' and took the Vietnamese name Nguyễn Văn Tồn. He followed Nguyễn Ánh back to Southern Vietnam in 1787. He gathered an army of several thousand Khmers in Trà Vinh and Mân Thít (present-day Mang Thít), called the ''Xiêm binh đồn'' (暹兵屯, lit. "Siamese soldiers' camp"), to reinforce Nguyễn Ánh. Tồn joint the battle of Quy Nhơn in 1801. He was captured by Tây Sơn dynasty, Tây Sơn rebels. He was appreciated by Tây Sơn generals and joint the rebels. He did fight bravely for them, however, not long after he escaped ...
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Nguyễn Văn Thành
Nguyễn Văn Thành (chữ Hán ( , ) are the Chinese characters that were used to write Literary Chinese in Vietnam, Literary Chinese (; ) and Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary in Vietnamese language, Vietnamese. They were officially used in Vietnam after the Red River Delta region ...: 阮文誠; 1758 – 1817) was a Vietnamese general who was governor of Gia Định Province. He conflicted with the emperor Nguyễn Phúc Ánh or Gia Long, on several occasions, including using money reserved for purchasing military provisions to pay off gambling debts for his Gia Định soldiers in Siam. Thành was elevated by the king, but later, following a poem written by his son in 1815, Gia Long had the son executed. Phan Châu Trinh records that the emperor had also had Thành himself and Thành's elderly father executed. In effect this was the case, as Thành was driven to take his own life.Vietnam and the Chinese model: a comparative study of Vietnamese ... - Page 102 Alexander Woodside - ...
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Nguyễn Huỳnh Đức
Nguyễn Huỳnh Đức (阮 黃 德; 1748–1819) was a general and official of the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam. He served as a general of Nguyễn Ánh during the Nguyễn Lords' fight against the Tây Sơn rebellion. Nguyễn Ánh prevailed in 1802 and became Emperor Gia Long, establishing the Nguyễn dynasty The Nguyễn dynasty (, chữ Nôm: 茹阮, chữ Hán: 朝阮) was the last List of Vietnamese dynasties, Vietnamese dynasty, preceded by the Nguyễn lords and ruling unified Vietnam independently from 1802 until French protectorate in 1883 .... Duc then served as the viceroy of southern Vietnam during Gia Long's reign. Early years He was born Huỳnh Tường Đức (黃祥德). He was awarded with the National family name Nguyễn for his deeds and valour. Since then, he has a double surname of Nguyễn Huỳnh. Nguyễn Huỳnh Đức was born and raised in Cái Én, Trường Khánh village, Định Viễn prefecture, Long Hồ camp (now Khánh Hậu ward ...
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Nguyễn Cư Trinh
Nguyễn Cư Trinh (1716–1767): His original name is Nguyễn Đăng Nghi, Courtesy name is Cư Trinh, en nameare Đạm Am, Đường Qua and Hạo Nhiên, title is Nghi Biểu Hầu (儀表侯), then was given another title Tân Minh Hầu by a King of Nguyễn dynasty. He was a famous General as well as Notable in the age of King Nguyễn Phúc Khoát and King Nguyễn Phúc Thuần. In addition, he made a great contribution to protecting the south border and expanding the border toward the South. He was renowned for his integrity, loyalty and diploma. Biography Nguyễn Cư Trinh was born in An Hòa commune, ''tổng''a kind of administrative unit in the past An Hòa, ''Hương Trà'' district, ''phủ'' Triệu Phong, Thuận Hóa area,Phủ biên tạp lục, Lê Quý Đôn, trang 79. now known as An Hòa ward, Huế Huế (formerly Thừa Thiên Huế province) is the southernmost coastal Municipalities of Vietnam, city in the North Central Coast region, the Central Vi ...
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